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Welcome to TV Break, where Pop Break\u2019s Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and TV Columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television.

Here\u2019s the format of the show:

The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month \u2013 Alex, Bill, and Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from the last month including HBO\u2019s Succession & Barry, Showtime\u2019s Yellowjackets, AppleTV Plus\u2019s Ted Lasso, FreeVee\u2019s Jury Duty, CW\u2019s The Flash, and Disney Plus\u2019s The Mandalorian & Kiff.

News Break \u2013 Alex, Bill, and Josh discuss the latest on the WGA\u2019s strike and what it is they are looking for in their negotiations.

Streaming Wars \u2013 Alex, Bill, and Josh pick a streamer they think \u201cwon the month\u201d based on new shows airing/upcoming shows announced etc. Bill was impressed by Max\u2019s relatively painless launch, their buzzy series finales, and the news Kim Cattrall would be returning to And Just Like That later this month. Josh returns to talk up the star power of AppleTV Plus\u2019s recent new series including Silo, Platonic, High Desert, The Crowded Room, and Hijack, while also noting Ted Lasso\u2019s maybe series finale. Finally, Alex gives it to Netflix again, this time thanks to its highly rated films A Man Called Otto and Mother, its buzzy new TV releases including FUBUR, I Think You Should Leave, The Ultimatum: Queer Love, and Hannah Gadsby: Something Special, and the fact that David Zaslav and not Netflix has become the WGA strike\u2019s greatest villain, against all odds.

New Series Spotlight \u2013 Alex, Bill, and Josh review American Born Chinese, Disney Plus\u2019s adaptation of the 2006 Gene Luen Yang Graphic Novel of the same name. The series was created by actor and writer Kelvin You, and executive produced by Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings\u2019s Destin Daniel Cretton, who also directs the premiere and finale of the first season.

It stars Ben Wang as 10th Grader Jin Wang and Jimmy Liu as Wei-Chen, the son of the legendary Monkey King who has rebelled against his father by stealing his father\u2019s staff and posing as a human while he embarks on a mystical quest. Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh, Academy Award winner Ke Huy Quan, and Daniel Wu costar.